2014 FORD F-150 — Complaint #1840225
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS filed September 12, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1840225 (ODI reference 11484109) concerns a 2014 FORD F-150 and was filed on September 12, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 12, 2022. The vehicle had 88,427 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Georgia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:drum:shoes/linings, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD F-150 cohort independently describe similar service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:drum:shoes/linings failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 FORD F-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH and approaching a stop light, the contact stated that he had to press the brake pedal to the floorboard for the vehicle to come to a complete stop. The contact stated that he checked underneath the hood and noticed that the steering column had rubbed against the brake line, causing a brake fluid leak. The dealer was contacted however, the contact had not received a response. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 88,427.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1840225 |
| ODI Number | 11484109 |
| Date Filed | September 12, 2022 |
| Failure Date | September 12, 2022 |
| VIN | 1FTFW1EF0EF |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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